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Not quite Zap, but close. See the thing is, the very first episode of Doctor Who (The frankly brilliant An Unearthly Child no really go track it down) aired the 23rd of November, 1963. By shifting the show towards autumn in this manner, they get the audience used to the idea in time for the fiftieth anniversary for next year.

I'm wondering if Moffat is going to keep with certain traditions regarding ten year anniversaries. I'd love to see how he'd handle Omega. Though I somehow doubt we'd see a multi-Doctor story, would love to see that too.

And yes, for those of you that paid attention to that date... it is the very day after the JFK assassination. Not to mention Aldous Huxley and CS Lewis' deaths. This is a piece of trivia that I can't help but be fascinated by because the timing is so Doctor Who.

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That which holds the image of an angel...Amy: You do have a plan, don't you?Doctor: Of course I do!

I'm wondering if Moffat is going to keep with certain traditions regarding ten year anniversaries. I'd love to see how he'd handle Omega. Though I somehow doubt we'd see a multi-Doctor story, would love to see that too.

I suspect that there'll be multiple Doctors for the anniversary, but just 9-10-11.

Maybe 8 too, Paul McGann isn't looking that old compared to the others, and 8 was the Doctor during the Time War, which is probably going to at least be referenced (and possibly involved in the plot if Omega is showing up), but I honestly doubt he'd appear.

This post has been edited by Zap Rowsdower on May 7 2012, 04:31 AM

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"Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness." - Otto von Bismarck

"Speaking of being terrible at games, Red fumbling with the blocks in Magnet Man's level has to be seen to be believed. If the definition of insanity has to do with expecting different results upon trying the same thing, then he must be one of the most insane people I've ever known." - Brickroad

"Speaking of being terrible at games, Red fumbling with the blocks in Magnet Man's level has to be seen to be believed. If the definition of insanity has to do with expecting different results upon trying the same thing, then he must be one of the most insane people I've ever known." - Brickroad

"Speaking of being terrible at games, Red fumbling with the blocks in Magnet Man's level has to be seen to be believed. If the definition of insanity has to do with expecting different results upon trying the same thing, then he must be one of the most insane people I've ever known." - Brickroad

Now taking bets on how long that Dalek memory wipe lasts. They freaking have automated machines keyed to accept his testimony instead of a DNA sample, they're going to figure out his relevance via basic mechanical maintenance and non-psychicly-attached historical record eventually.

My money is on either until the season finale or until the 50th anniversary.

This post has been edited by Zap Rowsdower on Sep 2 2012, 03:11 AM

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"Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness." - Otto von Bismarck

[Aside from the insanity of NOBODY NOTICING THE STATUE OF LIBERTY moving halfway across town (I'll give them that it's an effective visual, but I'm pretty sure there is literally never a point in time when someone isn't looking at that thing), the whole "the future can't change once we've read what's going to happen" is... stupid. Aside from the fact that people can lie (and River Song seems especially adept at that), it acts more like "the future happens like we assume it will based one what we've read" and the only reason they're proven right is because the plot says so.

I mean, so what if they see a gravestone in a cemetery at the end? That doesn't mean they're buried there. That means someone put a gravestone with their names there on it. It's stupid.

And what happened to those crazy time monsters that attack when you cause a paradox, anyways?]

[On top of that, bringing back characters whose story was pretty much over already, just to kill them off is really shitty writing in a shared universe. Moffatt may be the head writer now, but that won't last forever, and by killing off his companions, he's preventing anyone in the future from ever using them. It's like bringing your toys to the sandbox, then not letting any of the other kids from playing with them. It's childish, and wasteful.]

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Out of Context Quote(s) of the Week: "Please don't stick bacon in my stab wounds."